Wax & Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture
by Levine, Donald N
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 1965. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965, third printing, 1967. 8vo., xvi+315pp., illus with tables and b/w plates. Brown cloth with gilt titles and emboss. Some fox spotting along edges of page block, else near fine in very good dust jacket with some sun fade to the spine. . Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009173
- Title
- Wax & Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture
- Author
- Levine, Donald N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
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Returnable within 10 days.
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The Wild Muse
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Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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